Los Macaos: Tesoros de Costa Rica

What does "vulnerables" mean?

• Easily hurt or damaged

• Very strong and resilient

• Always protected

• Completely safe

What activity do the "guardias" perform?

• They watch over the macaos at night

• They work in an office

• They live in the jungle

• They steal bicycles

How do people work together with the government to protect the macaos?

• By placing fake nests and visiting them during the breeding season.

• Feeding the macaos in the jungle.

• Building cages for the macaos

• Teaching the macaos to fly.

Why is it difficult to check the nests of macaos?

• Because they are very high in the trees and there are dangerous animals.

• Because the nests are very small.

• Because the macaos hide them well.

• Because the nests are fragile.

What do people do to protect the macaos?

• They work with children to teach them about macaos.

• They hunt the predators of macaos.

• They feed the macaos fruit.

• They build shelters for the macaos.

What do the guards do to protect the nests?

• Ensure the nests are safe.

• Feed them.

• Clean the nests regularly.

• Paint the nests in bright colors.

What do the volunteers do to help the macaques?

• They create jobs so people don't steal them.

• They train them to fly.

• They feed them with insects.

• They move them to other jungles.

What do people do during the macaos breeding season?

• Visit the nests.

• Hunt them.

• Feed them.

• Build new nests.

What do people do to teach children about the macaos?

• They work with them in different ways.

• They show them documentaries.

• They give them books about macaos.

• They take them to zoos.

What is one of the problems faced by macaos when trees are cut down?

• They lose their home.

• They do not have babies very often.

• They are very bright birds.

• They are valuable and can be sold for a lot of money.